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Reigning in my hunger

So, I’ve realized in recent weeks that my hunger has been outta control! I suspect much of this is running induced – -the marathon training makes me a hangry girl! (So does LSAT study, or more accurately, avoidance of LSAT study. Must.Stop.Procrastin-eating! Oh, and so does the supreme boredom that comes from my job — so working on changing that situation once I have the LSAT behind me.) In an effort to figure out what’s going on, I have been keeping track of almost every morsel that passes through my lips. I have become rather adept at tabulating my consumption, but that practice has not helped me become more mindful of my eating! Instead, I have been relying on my memory to record everything I eat AFTER the fact. Not.The.Point. Sheesh! I have realized that my memory works very well!

Oh well, this week, I decided to try something new. I will write out a meal plan each night for the next day. I was going to say I would use it simply as a guideline, but I changed my mind. I am craving discipline right now, and I need to hold myself accountable. Were I to use a meal plan simply as a guideline, I would be setting myself up for failure. I would use that fact to justify eating in the middle of the night and then counting it as breakfast for the next day. NO! Iam not doing that anymore. So, meal plan it is. I will create my mealplans with all of my favorite nutritious foods in mind. Discipline is what I need to set myself free from mindless eating. I am excited to make changes in my eating habits; I just need to have faith in myself that I am capable of change. I am, so I will, today. 🙂